17 For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves; therefore, (A)the Levites were in charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to consecrate them to the Lord. 18 For a multitude of the people, (B)many from Ephraim and Manasseh, and Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, (C)yet they ate the Passover (D)contrary to what was written. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon 19 (E)everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

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